Recent content by flarfum25

Yes thank you!

Quick question and first, apologies if this has been answered elsewhere on the forum. It seems like every thread I click on that mentions the use of this product has something slightly different than my issue and I just want to make sure I’m on the right track before I start. We had a new liner...

Thank you!!!

Hi all, nice to be back and ready to start off summer (ish) right! The guys are replacing our liner now and new water is being delivered in a few hours so husband will be opening later today or tomorrow. Sorry if this info can be found somewhere here as I don't know where to look but what...

Anyone have any recommendations? Our current liner is estimated at about 15 years (as per our pool inspector 4 years ago when we bought the house) and it's on its last leg. Pulling away at the corners, completely faded to solid light blue on the bottom of the deep end and high traffic areas of...

Awesome! I just wanted to erase that last tiny share of doubt. Thanks, my pool friends!!

Hi all, I've learned a lot on this site about care for our pool since purchasing this home 3 years ago. Due to the many posts about the irrelevance of calcium levels for vinyl pools, I've basically ignored even testing for it. My BIL brought it up recently though, stating his pool company...

Ok I just added my boric acid granules and gave it all a really good stir/sweep/stir/sweep. After almost an hour, I tested and got a reading of 40ppm borate (seems between the 30 and 50 squares anyway) and a pH of 7.2. Should I go ahead and add some borax now to get back up to 7.5? I'm...

Awesome, thanks! Yes pH has been pretty steady, 7.4/7.6. I'm excited : )

Ok I'm about ready to add my boric acid, and wanted to post my levels quick to make sure I'm not missing anything. Here's where I am: FC 5 CC .5 (if that, barely saw any pink at all) PH 7.4 TA 70 CYA 30 CH 50 (I almost never even check this since people here say it doesn't matter for...

I just wanted to hop on here and say that due to this forum and all your guidance over the last couple years, I'm feeling like a Master of the Pool over here! Hubbie kept postponing the opening with all the rainy cold weather we'd been having this spring, and by the time we finally DID open-...

Yes! Thank you, I will definitely do that.

Thanks guys-- I'll try the sock in the skimmer... I think it was not so easy to do that last year either because we have a "critter skimmer"-- a spiral ramp that comes down from the hole in the skimmer cover to the water, acting as a little ramp for frogs and such. Leaves no room for socks...

Looks like we will open some time this week and I want to have everything as ready as possible, both physically (product-wise) and mentally. I think I'm down to only a few questions. 1) CYA (possible loss of)... Last year when we opened, I remember the pool had no CYA left whatsoever. I...

Thanks everyone! I agree, that slight of a pH change is almost nothing, and easy enough to remedy if I even need to, which I likely won't. Yay!! Buying it now. I love this site, you all are wonderful.